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title: "Between life crisis and world war"
date: 2016-02-01
last_modified: 2025-01-04T17:37:30+01:00
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url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/between-life-crisis-and-world-war-context-en/"
description: "Owner of the STURM gallery Herwarth Walden recognized her genius at an early date: Artist Marianne von Werefkin had a firm hold on the reins of the Blaue Reiter and defied tragic blows and the world war."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Header_Sturm_Frauen_Werefkin.jpg"
language: "en-US"
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# Between life crisis and world war